Christmas season

• Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square - The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 25-meter (82-foot) Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional costumes from Italy’s northernmost South Tyrol province per
• Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps - Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day that kicks off the Christmas season. Usually Holy